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Concord, NH – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) provides the following statements in response to the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission staff report finding that continued ownership of generation facilities by Public Service Co. of New Hampshire is unsustainable: “Competition in New Hampshire’s retail electricity market is thriving for large industrial and commercial customers and is now...

Concord, NH – A broad-based coalition of environmental and consumer organizations, business and trade groups, and power providers today launched a public information campaign called EmpowerNH. The coalition aims to educate New Hampshire consumers about the power they have to save money and protect the environment through their choice of electricity supplier, and to make it...

Sacramento, CA — California schools, hospitals, retailers, hotels, restaurant chains, grocers, manufacturers, government facilities and many others have united to write state lawmakers urging support for pending legislation to increase opportunities for access to the competitive retail electricity market for customers in California. Known in California as “direct access,” the ability to choose among competitive energy suppliers...

Harrisburg, PA – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA), the nation’s leading organization representing competitive retail energy suppliers dedicated to creating and sustaining vibrantly competitive electricity and natural gas markets for the benefit of consumers, today announced that Homefield Energy has become its newest member. “RESA member companies are dedicated to providing value to natural gas...

Concord, NH – Citing new polling data demonstrating strong customer support for retail electricity competition in New Hampshire, leading New England environmental advocacy groups and competitive electricity providers are joining with the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) in calling for state policy makers to take action to fully integrate the Granite State into New England’s competitive electricity markets....

Washington, DC – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) and the Pennsylvania Energy Marketers Coalition (PEMC) today joined Attorney General Kathleen Kane, Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman Robert Powelson and Acting Consumer Advocate Tanya McClosky in urging Pennsylvania consumers to shop wisely for competitive retail electricity offers, particularly if door-to-door marketing is involved. “There are an increasingly diverse array of...

Harrisburg, PA – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) credited the leadership of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and the pro-consumer policies of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) and the General Assembly for helping the state’s competitive retail electricity market reach a new milestone with 2 million shopping customers benefiting from customer choice. “Due to the...

WASHINGTON, DC – Responding to rising interest among consumers and state regulators, the Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) has updated its Consumer Education Guide. The guide is designed to help customers make informed decisions when shopping for competitively priced electricity and natural gas. The guide is also available in a Spanish-language version. The revised guide was released at...

HARRISBURG, PA – The Retail Energy Supply Association’s newly redesigned website was awarded “best in class” in the energy category by the Interactive Media Awards. The website, www.resausa.org, was deemed the best among 77 entries in the category. To win an award RESA’s entry successfully passed through the IMA’s comprehensive judging system, which utilizes a points-based scoring system.  The...

HARRISBURG, PA – The Retail Energy Supply Association (RESA) welcomes today’s action by the New York Public Service Commission to initiate a proceeding to examine potential measures to improve the retail energy shopping experience for residential and small commercial customers. To the extent that residential and small commercial customers need more transparency to compare the service...